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The Allegheny Conference sets a three year plan of action – our agenda – that guides
our leadership and community partnership efforts.
Early this year we began our planning process for our 2012-2014 Agenda
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FROM THE CHAIR
Summing Up 2009-2011
2011 closes a chapter for the Allegheny Conference and a challenging period for our
region and for the nation as a whole. It also is the conclusion of our 2009-2011 agenda.
Three years ago we set ambitious goals for our organization and for our region simpler, more cost-effective government; sound transportation infrastructure; a
competitive business climate; creating jobs through business investment; and building a 21st-century workplace. As we set these goals and implemented our plan,
our nation found itself in the midst of the deepest recession since World War II.
Thanks in large part to a diversified economy and an improved quality of life, we
have weathered this economic storm better than most. And for this the Pittsburgh
region has attracted well-deserved global attention.
We have made progress against our plan. Our region has been recognized three
years in a row among the top ten in the United States for business investment. An
expanding energy industry is creating jobs and leading growth in other sectors,
from manufacturing to financial services. Through a new public awareness initiative, “Energy to the Power of Pittsburgh,” we are spreading the word and supplying
up to date information about available jobs and training opportunities in energy
and across other sectors. The competiveness of Pennsylvania's tax and regulatory
climate has improved, including much needed lawsuit abuse reform. And along the
way, our region has hosted a successful G-20 Summit and World Environment
Day. We have much of which to be proud.
And yet, significant work remains. The future of transportation funding in the Commonwealth remains unresolved, along with the long-term sustainability of the Port
Authority of Allegheny County. Municipal pensions are still a problem waiting to be
solved. And neighboring states are aggressively courting our energy industries, just as
our region has begun to reemerge as the center of American energy.
My term as Allegheny Conference chair is coming to an end, but I intend to remain
involved and to continue to work with Chuck Bunch of PPG Industries, our incoming
chair, and all of our Regional Investors and partners to realize our region's full potential. Together, we can do it. That is the true Power of Pittsburgh.
John P. Surma
Chair, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Chairman & CEO, United States Steel Corporation
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Tallying Results:
2009-2011
Nurtured Business Growth;
Linked Pittsburghers To Jobs
• Secured 94 business expansions and relocations, creating and retaining
14,671 jobs and capital investment of $375 million (as of October 20, 2011)
• Identified and increased awareness of the region’s natural gas,
wind, water and nuclear supply chain opportunities
• Developed sustainable program for career awareness through Pittsburgh
Regional Compact
• Partnered with the Pittsburgh Penguins to bring more than 8,000 college
students to The Ultimate Home Game, a pre-season hockey
game/career fair that raised awareness of regional employment
opportunities through ImaginePittsburgh.com
Helped Broaden The Region’s
Understanding of Our Energy Portfolio
• Initiated occupational analysis of energy industry
• Urged comprehensive approach to Marcellus Shale policy
• Helped facilitate the successful application for a $4.9 million federal grant to
establish ShaleNET, a four-state training program for Marcellus Shale jobs
• Established (with Innovation Works) the Energy Alliance of Greater
Pittsburgh (EAGP) a consortium of almost 100 businesses and organizations working together to assure the Pittsburgh region’s leadership as a
center of energy-related solutions
Through EAGP:
I Launched a public awareness campaign, Energy To The Power Of
Pittsburgh, showcasing the region’s energy opportunity and the need
for skilled workers, through PowerofPittsburgh.com, to aggregate jobs
in the region’s various energy industries
• Successfully supported Earned Income Tax Collection Consolidation
State Law, streamlining tax collection, easing employers’ burdens and
recovering $237 million in municipal and school district revenue
• Led the coalition that worked to pass merger and consolidation law
amendments to simplify and standardize municipal procedures
• Helped secure passage of a municipal pension law amendment, requiring
the City of Pittsburgh to address its pension plan shortfall
Worked For More Efficient Government
• We worked to re-implement the Capital Stock and Franchise Tax phaseout and supported the continued improvements to the Sales Factor
Apportionment Formula and the Net Operating Loss Carry Forward
• Our efforts were critical to the passage of the Fair Share Act, which capped
a multi-year endeavor to improve Pennsylvania’s competitiveness through
lawsuit abuse reform
Helped Improve Business Climate
Advocated For Transportation &
Infrastructure Improvements
• Worked with Allegheny County Airport Authority to maintain non-stop
daily air service to the West Coast and other key domestic airline
markets; added Delta non-stop service to Paris
• Worked with Port Authority of Allegheny County on cost-saving
reforms, including first redesign of the bus system in 50 years
• Helped to secure $45 million from the Rendell Administration to close a
Port Authority funding gap and forestall cutbacks in Allegheny
County’s
transit service
• CEO Dennis Yablonsky served on the Corbett Administration’s
Transportation Funding Commission, recommending strategies to
generate $2.7 billion annually for transportation infrastructure and
dedicated transit funding
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Forged And Strengthened
Regional Partnerships
• Coordinated (with VisitPittsburgh) the communications and hospitality
strategy to welcome visitors to G-20 Pittsburgh Summit; helped journalists
tell the story around the world of our region’s economic transformation
through more than 7,000 news stories
• Supported Sustainable Pittsburgh in organizing World Environment Day
for North America
• Supported creation of Vibrant Pittsburgh to encourage people of diverse
backgrounds to relocate to and remain in the region
• Coordinated with northeast Ohio TechBelt initiative to encourage federal
investment in tech and life sciences research
• The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber is working with the 12-state/two
province Great Lakes Metro Chambers Coalition to encourage
supportive federal policies
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Setting The Agenda For 2012-2014
The 2012-2014 agenda-setting process involved outreach to 300 Regional Investors Council organizations and numerous partners of the
Allegheny Conference.
Beginning in March, the Conference convened 26 planning sessions across the region that involved more than 750 individuals. These included
a special session of more than 200 “emerging leaders” in their 20s and 30s. We took stock of our progress to date and discussed an agenda
for the three years to come. This agenda drives our committee structure, creates a new set of goals and objectives for our staff, and is the
basis for our request for a three-year commitment of financial support from our board members, the foundation community and the RIC.
At each session, we asked: What are the barriers to your organization’s success? What accomplishments do you want our region to achieve
in the next three years? And of all of these, on which issues is the Conference best positioned to make a difference? Conference staffers took
extensive notes on themes and individual comments. Hundreds of participants also participated in online surveys.
We heard that our region is not the nation’s most livable for everyone who lives here. We heard concerns about our public transit system,
the difficulty in connecting workers to available jobs, and ongoing barriers to success for small business owners, to name just a few. But we
also heard genuine excitement about the progress we’ve made, especially in terms of business investment and our focus on our region’s growing energy sector. Participants urged us to be more aggressive in marketing the region to business decision-makers and talented individuals.
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The Path to Sustainable Prosperity:
The 2012-2014 Agenda
VISION
ENTHUSIASM
IMAGINATION
By Charles E. Bunch, Chairman & CEO, PPG Industries, Inc. and Dennis Yablonsky, CEO, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
The Pittsburgh region has staged a remarkable comeback over the past 30 years and has attracted well-deserved global attention. For four years now, our
diverse regional economy has outperformed the national average in terms of employment. Our population losses are nearing an end, with growth already
occurring in several of our 10 counties. And our quality of life has never been better.
Yet, while our region has been recognized as “the most livable,” it is not necessarily the most livable for everyone. We heard this loud and clear during
our agenda-setting process this year. As a result of the input we received, the Board of the Allegheny Conference has approved an ambitious new threeyear plan for 2012-2014. The plan includes three strategic priorities that are designed to take full advantage of what our region has to offer today, build
the competitive region of tomorrow, and ensure that no one gets left behind.
Each of these initiatives will be overseen by a vice chair of the Allegheny Conference and implemented through our affiliate boards and committees. They
will work to Enhance Opportunity by making the Pittsburgh region a global location of choice for businesses, families and young people; to Strengthen
Communities by reducing economic disparity and removing government barriers to their success; and to Energize Tomorrow’s Economy by building
upon our strengths and improving our environment.
Vice Chair Nominee David Malone, president and CEO of Gateway Financial and incoming chair of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, will focus on making
the most of our region’s competitive advantages to Enhance Opportunity for businesses and residents. We will focus on improving our workforce by helping
to connect people to jobs and careers, by identifying the skills employers need today and will need tomorrow, and by increasing the awareness of these opportunities among educators, students and workers. We will help to connect businesses to new opportunities by marketing the region globally, enhancing
air travel service, and building their capacity to succeed, including helping to create a new venture capital fund to support the success of entrepreneurs and
start-up companies.
To flourish, our residents and employers need an enriching and competitive place to call home. Nominated as vice-chair of our Strengthen Communities
priority, Laura Ellsworth, chair of the Pennsylvania Economy League of Southwestern Pennsylvania and partner-in-charge at Jones Day-Pittsburgh, will
take a fresh look at places in our region that have languished. Working with partner organizations we will identify and champion needed improvements to
state laws and policies that affect municipalities, and work across political boundaries on such issues as permitting, the better integration of transportation
systems and, of course, the much-needed reformation of the municipal pension system in Pennsylvania.
Vice Chair Nominee Greg Babe, president and CEO of Bayer Corporation and incoming chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, will lead
our efforts to Energize Tomorrow’s Economy. We will work on improving our tax and regulatory climate, including helping to create a site development
fund to ensure that our region can provide competitive locations to accommodate business expansion and relocation. We will also advance the economic
development program established by the Energy Alliance of Greater Pittsburgh. We will support continued improvement to our environment by encouraging
business and government to work together to develop appropriate regulation and processes. What’s more, we will seek to enhance development and use of
natural gas, including its use as an alternative fuel for transportation.
We believe that if we focus on these strategic priorities, we can lay the foundation necessary to build sustainable prosperity for our region. But one thing is
certain: the Allegheny Conference cannot achieve any of these goals alone, even with the support of our board and our Regional Investors. All of our partners
across our region must come together in order to succeed. Together, we can work to ensure that “most livable” will have meaning for everyone who lives
here and that our region will be a location of choice for generations to come.
Powering the region has always been an honor.
For over a quarter of a century, PPG Industries has been a proud corporate
citizen of the Pittsburgh region. We are proud to take a leadership position
in supporting the endeavors of the Allegheny Conference on Community
Development. The ACCD provides the energy to maintain economic and
educational excellence that makes this region a desirable location for new
businesses, new jobs and its residents. PPG looks forward to continuing a
partnership that boosts the future of the region. Visit ppg.com.
Proud partner of The Allegheny Conference
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Regional Investors Council
Many thanks to our more than 300 Regional Investors Council members
whose leadership, commitment and hard work have improved the economic
competitiveness of the Pittsburgh region and enhanced the great quality of
life it offers. Across 10 counties, our Regional Investors represent the diversity of our economy and account for more than 20 percent of the region’s private sector workforce.
We invite you to join our Regional Investors Council as we imagine
a brighter future and make it happen – together.
AAA East Central
ABARTA, Inc.
Abay Ethiopian Cuisine
About Pittsburgh, Inc.
Accenture
Acusis LLC
Acutronic USA, Inc.
AECOM
AHRCO
AirMall USA
Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa Inc.
Allegheny College
Allegheny County Airport Authority
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Alpern Rosenthal
Alpha Natural Resources
AMCOM Office Systems
American Bridge Company
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
American Textile Company
Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.
Applied Systems Associates, Inc.
Aquatech International Corporation
Arch Street Management, LLC
ARDEX America, Inc.
ASKO, Inc.
Astorino
AXA Advisors, LLC
B.K. Simon Family Charitable Foundation
Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C.
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Bayer Corporation
Berner International Corporation
BNY Mellon
Bombardier Transportation
Boyden
BPL Global, Ltd.
Brunner, Inc.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services Inc.
Burt Hill
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
Calgon Carbon Corporation
California University of Pennsylvania
Campos Inc.
Carlow University
Carmeuse Lime & Stone
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Catalyst Connection
CB Richard Ellis
CH2M Hill/IDC Architects
Chaska Property Advisors, Inc.
Chatham University
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Chester Engineers, Inc.
Chevron Appalachia LLC
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, Inc.
Citizens Bank of PA / NY / NJ / DE
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
CNX Gas Corporation
Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
Colcom Foundation
Colliers International
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Comcast Spotlight
Community College of Allegheny County
Compunetix, Inc.
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Confluence Technologies Inc.
Confluent Translations, LLC
CONSOL Energy Inc.
Cowden Associates, Inc.
CSX Transportation
Curtiss Wright Flow Control Company
Davison Design & Development, Inc.
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Development Dimensions International, Inc.
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
Direct Energy
Disruptive Robotics, LLC
Ditto Document Solutions, Inc.
Dollar Bank, FSB
Dominion
Draeger Safety, Inc.
Duquesne Club
Duquesne Light Company
Duquesne University
Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc.
Eat'n Park Hospitality Group, Inc.
Eaton Corporation
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
ECSI
Education Management Corporation (EDMC)
Ekker, Kuster, McConnell & Epstein, LLP
Elliance
Elliott Group
Ellwood Group, Inc.
Emerson Process Management
Enterprise Bank
Epiphany Solar Water Systems
EQT Corporation
Ernst & Young
ESB Bank
EXCO Resources (PA), LLC
Farrell & Reisinger, LLC
Fay-Penn Economic Development Council
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Pittsburgh
Branch
Federated Investors, Inc.
FedEx Ground
Fifth Third Bank
First National Bank of Pennsylvania
First Niagara Bank
FirstEnergy Corporation
Five Star Development, Inc.
Flabeg Solar USA Corp.
Flying Cork Media, Inc.
Fox Rothschild LLP
Fragasso Financial Advisors
G4S Secure Solutions USA, Inc.
GAI Consultants, Inc.
GatesmanMarmion+Dave
Gateway Financial Group, Inc.
Gateway Rehabilitation Center
Giant Eagle, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Grant Street Associates, Inc.
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Green Building Alliance
Grubb & Ellis Company
H. J. Heinz Company
Hefren-Tillotson, Inc.
Henderson Brothers
Heritage Valley Health System
Heyl & Patterson, Inc.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Hoechstetter Printing Co.
Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania
Housetrends Magazine of Pittsburgh
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
Huntington National Bank
iGate Corporation
Imperial Land Corporation
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Industrial Scientific Corporation
JENDOCO Construction and Real Estate
Jennmar Corporation
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Jones Day
Jones Lang LaSalle
K&L Gates LLP
Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation
KDKA-TV
Kennametal Inc.
Koppers Inc.
KPMG LLP
L. B. Foster Company
L. Robert Kimball & Associates
La Roche College
Lamar Advertising Company-Pittsburgh
LANXESS
Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts
Lighthouse Electric
Louis Plung & Co. LLP
Macy’s, Inc.
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Malin, Bergquist & Company, LLP
Manchester Bidwell Corporation
MARC USA
MARSH USA Inc.
Mascaro Construction Company, L.P.
Massaro Corporation
McCune Foundation
McKamish Inc.
MEDRAD, Inc.
Metalico Pittsburgh, Inc.
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP
Michael Baker Corporation
Mine Safety Appliances Company
Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.
Mizrahi, Inc.
Mobili Office LLC
Montgomery & Rust, Inc.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mt. Lebanon Office Equipment Co., Inc.
Mylan, Inc.
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
New Perspective
NOVA Chemicals Corporation
NPC, Inc.
Orbital Engineering, Inc.
Oxford Development Company
P.J. Dick, Inc.
ParenteBeard LLC
PEAK Technical Services, Inc.
Penn State Beaver
Penn State Fayette
Penn State Greater Allegheny
Penn State New Kensington
Pennoni Associates Inc.
Pennsylvania American Water
Pennsylvania TRANE
Penn United Technologies Inc.
Peoples Natural Gas
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Performance Drivers, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
Philips Home Healthcare Solutions
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc.
Pipitone Group
PITT OHIO EXPRESS
Pittsburgh Business Times
Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Quarterly
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Technical Institute
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Plextronics, Inc.
Point Park University
Pop City Media
PPG Industries, Inc.
Precision Therapeutics
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
R.J. Lee Group, Inc.
RWK Investment Co.
Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh
RAND Corporation
Range Resources
Reed Smith LLP
Regional Learning Alliance
Richard King Mellon Foundation
River Development Corporation
Robert Morris University
ROOT Sports
RTI International Metals
Russell Standard Corporation
S&T Bank
Sanford-Brown Institute
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Schneider Downs
SDLC Partners, LP
Sellen Sustainability
Seton Hill University
Sheridan Broadcasting Corp.
Sisterson & Co. LLP
Slippery Rock University
SMS Siemag LLC
Snavely Forest Products
Snyder Associated Companies, Inc.
Solenture, Inc.
Synergy Staffing Inc.
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
The Buhl Foundation
The Buncher Company
The Cedars Charitable Foundation
The Eden Hall Foundation
The Elmhurst Group
The Forbes Funds
The Grable Foundation
The Hawthorne Group
The Heinz Endowments
The Hillman Company
The Hillman Foundation, Inc.
The Penn State Center - Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The Pittsburgh Foundation
The Pittsburgh Promise
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
The Weavertown Environmental Group
The Webb Law Firm
The Williams Companies
Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP
ThoughtForm, Inc.
Tier 1 Performance Solutions
TriState Capital Bank
Tube City IMS, LLC
Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
Turner Construction Company
United States Steel Corporation
University of Pittsburgh
UPMC
UPS
URS Corporation
US Airways
Value Ambridge Properties, Inc.
Verizon – Pennsylvania
Verizon Wireless
Vocollect
Washington & Jefferson College
Waste Management
Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc.
WESCO International, Inc.
West Penn Allegheny Health System
Western PA Minority Supplier Development Council
Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westmoreland County Community College
Wetzel Consulting
Whirl Magazine
Willis
Winchester Thurston School
WordWrite Communications LLC
WPXI-TV
WQED Multimedia
WTAE-TV/Channel 4
WYEP 91.3 FM
Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh - Downtown
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please contact Kelli Wall at 412.281.4783 ext. 4537